and a Supreme court ruling against it? from link " NYC councilwoman: It might be ‘beneficial’ to assign public housing by ethnic group. Brooklyn city councilwoman wants to know why “blocs” of Asians are living in two Fort Greene housing projects — and suggested it would be “beneficial” to assign housing by ethnic group. “How is it that one specific ethnic group has had the opportunity to move into a development in large numbers?” Laurie Cumbo, who is black, said at a council hearing on public housing Thursday The remark, on the Whitman and Ingersoll houses, drew criticism." and "Cumbo issued an apology, saying she only wanted to know if the New York City Housing Authority “uses a cultural preference priority component” in picking tenants." http://nypost.com/2015/03/27/nyc-co...ial-to-assign-public-housing-by-ethnic-group/